On the finite field Kakeya problem in two dimensions

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2006.09.009zbMATH Open1146.11011arXivmath/0510356OpenAlexW2045794269MaRDI QIDQ877936FDOQ877936

Authors: X. W. C. Faber 

Publication date: 4 May 2007

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A two-dimensional Besicovitch set over a finite field is a subset of the finite plane containing a line in each direction. In this paper, we conjecture a sharp lower bound for the size of such a subset and prove some results toward this conjecture.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510356

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zbMATH Keywords

finite fieldKakeya problemBesicovitch set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of finite geometries (05B25) Other combinatorial number theory (11B75) Finite fields and commutative rings (number-theoretic aspects) (11T99)

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